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Mainframe Entertainment is a [[Stargate City|Vancouver, British Columbia]] based computer animation studio, specifying mostly in animated shows and [[Direct to Video]] movies.
Established by Gavin Blair and Ian Pearson, both English born, the company was founded with the intent of creating the first [[All CGI Cartoon|computer animated]] show, ''[[
The production of ''[[
When ''[[
The animation of their early seasons appear to be primitive, especially considering [[Pixar]]'s groundbreaking work for ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' at the same time. But it should be considered that they were still the first people to get it [[Ur Example|out in the open]].
''[[
Unfortunately, this was also one of the turning points when the company began to fall into trouble. The [[Merchandise-Driven]] shows fell into less competent hands and were not nearly as popular as ''[[
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Notable Shows and other projects produced by Mainframe:
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[Hot Wheels]]:[[World Race]]'' and ''[[Hot Wheels]]:Acceleracers''
* ''[[Shadow Raiders]] / [[War Planets]]''
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* ''Action Man''
* ''Max Steel'' (Third season only)
* The MTV ''[[Spider
* The "Barbie and the..." DTVs
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Notable Projects through Rainmaker include:
* ''[[Stargate SG
** ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]''
* ''[[Armageddon]]''
* ''[[Dead Like Me]]''
* ''[[Titanic]]''
* ''[[Jack Frost (1998
* ''[[
* ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]''
* ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' (1995 Revival)
* ''[[Supernova]]''
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* ''[[Andromeda]]''
* ''[[Smallville]]''
* ''[[
* ''[[Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever]]''
* ''[[I Robot]]''
* ''[[Kingdom Hospital]]''
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Post Production work (through Rainmaker) includes:
* ''[[
* ''[[Godzilla (
* ''[[So Weird]]''
* ''Millennium''
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* ''[[Final Destination]]''
* ''[[Patlabor]]'' (Movies only)
* ''[[Da
* ''[[Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever]]''
* ''Dead Like Me''
* ''[[Tru Calling]]''
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* [[All CGI Cartoon]]: Their specialty after all.
* [[Art Evolution]] - Reflected in all of their shows whenever they improved their hardware.
* [[Conspicuous CG]] - An odd example in ''[[
* [[Doing It for
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - [[The Ocean Group]] worked on many of their series (ex: Matrix from ''[[
* [[No Flow in CGI]]
* [[Spiritual Successor]] - ''[[
* [[Talking to Himself]] - Most shows. [[Scott McNeil]] voiced no less then four characters alone on ''[[
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